Allison Boyer enjoys finding video game related tattoos. The last time I posted one of her "Gaming Ink" blogs here on Grep was a Mario one. Since then she has posted a Halo Gaming Ink and Zelda Gaming Ink. This edition goes all to Namco's little yellow guy who existed way before they would charge for dots as DLC (and include them on the disc).

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This week Virtual Console users in Europe get a twist on the classic Pac-Man in the form of Pac-Attack (SNES, 800 pts), Super Fantasy Zone (Sega Mega Drive, 800 pts), action game King of the Monsters (NEOGEO, 900 pts), 2D shooter Cybernoid (Commodore 64, 500 pts), and the multi-sport Summer Games 2 (Commodre 64, 500 pts).

Below is some gameplay of Cybernoid:

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There seems to be a continuing trend with only two games being updated today to the North American Virtual Console. There are two flavors of games today: puzzle and beat-em-up.

The puzzle game today is Pac-Attack, a Pac-Man and Tetris hybrid. You're clearing lines in this game like Tetris, but in order to complete some lines you need a Pac-Man block to clear away Ghost blocks.

The beat-em-up game is the TurboGrafx-16 CD Game Riot Zone. It's a game in the vein of the classic beat-em-u...

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